CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO
STAFF HUMAN RESOURCES
REQUEST FOR POSITION CLASSIFICATION REVIEW
DATE:
TO:
Staff Human Resources, Kendall 222, Zip 010,
FROM: Vice.President
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Signature
Dean/Director
Date
____________________________________________________
Signature
Supervisor
Date
____________________________________________________
Signature
Date
You must include the following with this request form:
 Previous job description
 Current job description (highlighting significant changes in duties)
 Physical Activity and Working Conditions of Job form
 Organizational chart that includes THIS position
 Thorough, detailed responses to all questions below
Your request cannot be processed without these items.
(Electronic copies are required if this is an IT position)
Employee whose position is to be reviewed:
Current classification of position:
Proposed classification of position:
Department:
Duties described are:
Supervisor:
Proposed
Current
Temporary
The position’s supervisor should provide these responses unless this is a direct request by the
employee. If requested by the employee, the employee should provide the information.
Request for review is employee-initiated:
Yes
No
If the employee initiated, does the employee’s supervisor agree with the information provided
with this request for classification review?
Yes
No
Supervisor’s signature:_____________________________________ Date:_______________
POSITION REVIEW DATA
Because your responses to these questions will have significant impact on the classification
determination and the process timeline, please give each of them your most careful
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consideration. Complete heading information on this signature page and submit with your
responses, job descriptions, and organizational chart attached.
The position’s supervisor should provide these responses unless this is a direct request by the
position incumbent. If requested by the incumbent, the incumbent should provide the data.
I.
CHANGES IN FUNCTION
A. Have significant changes occurred in the functions assigned to the position since it
was last reviewed for classification level? What (in detail) are those significant
changes? Be as specific, descriptive and complete as possible.
B. What new skills or training have been acquired in order to perform these new duties?
How was training obtained?
C. Are the changed functions new to the unit, were they assigned to another position in
the past, or are they a result of additional services offered by the department? Please
give details.
D. If the functions have remained the same, has the emphasis of the assignment
changed? (Has one set of duties or specialty become more important to the overall
assignment than in the past?) How?
E. What duties have been dropped from this employee or transferred to other employees
from the previous review?
F. What additional staff increases (new position, temporary hire, student assistant) are
planned for this department this year?
II.
CHANGES IN REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY
A. Have significant changes occurred with respect to the supervision that this position
receives (how duties are assigned, how the incumbent’s work is reviewed, etc.)?
B. Have significant changes occurred with respect to the supervisory responsibilities
assigned to this position? Does the incumbent directly supervise, on a continuing
basis, other staff employees? To what extent?
III.
CHANGES IN POLICY INPUT:
A. Have significant changes occurred in the incumbent’s responsibility with respect to
establishing department policy (operating principals as opposed to work procedures)?
How? Please give examples.
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IV.
CHANGES IN PROCEDURAL DETERMINATIONS
A. Have significant changes occurred with respect to the incumbent’s responsibility for
planning his or her own work, or that of others, and the methods used? Please give
examples.
B. What new kinds of significant problems are encountered in the course of the
incumbent’s work? Does the incumbent have decision-making authority? What is the
impact to the department/campus of those decisions?
C. What kinds of problems is the incumbent now required to refer to his or her
supervisor?
V.
CHANGES IN WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
A. Have the purpose and nature of person-to-person contacts (giving or securing
information, explaining policies or operations, settling problems) changed since the
position was last reviewed? How? Please give examples.
B. With whom are these contacts made? How often?
C. Are the contacts both inside and outside the University? Please explain to what detail
the nature of the contacts (periodically, occasionally, frequently, constant, etc.).
The signatures below certify that the signors have reviewed the responses to the above
questions, as well as any other materials provided with this request for classification review, and
found them to be accurate to the best of their knowledge.
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Employee Signature
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Date
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Supervisor Signature
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Date
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Dean/Director Signature
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Date
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